cáis

See also: cais, CAIS, and caís

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɑːʃ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /kæːʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cáise, from Latin cāseus.

Noun

cáis f (genitive singular cáise, nominative plural cáiseanna)

cheese
Is maith liom cáis Fhrancach.
I like French cheese.

Declension

Declension of cáis

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cáis	cáiseanna
Vocative	a cháis	a cháiseanna
Genitive	cáise	cáiseanna
Dative	cáis	cáiseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cháis	na cáiseanna
Genitive	na cáise	na gcáiseanna
Dative	leis an gcáis don cháis	leis na cáiseanna

Derived terms

cáis Eilvéiseach (“Swiss cheese”)
cáis uachtair (“cream cheese”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cáis m

inflection of cás:
1. vocative singular
2. genitive singular
(nonstandard) nominative plural of cás

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cáis	cháis	gcáis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"cáis" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “cáis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cáis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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